Does anyone do a mitosis activity with oreo cookies? I have been searching the web for some fun activities to illustrate this tough concept and have seen a...
Just wondering -- Is anyone using probeware with handhelds in their labs? I'm using a Palm TX for my masters class and am finding all sorts of things out...
Found this: www.tennessee.gov/education/cte/teachers/catilesson/doc/fcssc6bi03.doc <http://www.tennessee.gov/education/cte/teachers/catilesson/doc/fcssc6bi\ ...
Our science department was talking about the lab where the students take the DNA out of split peas (or whatever) with the help of alcohol. Does anybody know...
... We had a "free for all" last year it wasn't a good thing. We would like to go back to pre-req's. I would really like to see what other schools are doing...
-Where in the web site does it say viruses are alive??? It says "Viruses are strange things that straddle the fence between living and non-living". What is the...
I do not have the cookie lab, but you could use the strands from pull and peel licorice to represent chromosomes and have the kids show you what would...
To all interested teachers, I searched and searched for the link I originally found regarding this idea. I didn't find it but I did find this one which is...
We are a "feeder school" for a school that has pre ap biology and my kids need to write a self recommendation, have a teacher fill out a very generic form, and...
After having seen this lab done a dozen times, with strawberry, kiwi and peas, the secret we finally discovered is to let the filtered material sit in the...
Here's one! Unfortunately, mitosis isn't part of the 5th grade curriculum, but this looks like a fun activity. Laurie teresakay1224 <teresakay1224@...>...
... I'm not sure that "kill" is the right word. We certainly try to control the negative aspects, this according to my pharmacist wife. As a non-biologist I...
I didn't find a write up but if at this teacher's blog he has a series of pics that take you through every step. It looks like the separate the sides of the...
Here is his school website. There is a pdf w/ notes from this lab. I'm going to email him & ask for the lab write itself or how he does it/what instructions,...
There tons of easy labs on the internet...just finished last week with extracting DNA from strawberries...I was so nervous....the lab was a winner and the kids...
What ever you decide to use for an application you have to be able to explain it to parents. They will be calling when their "darlings" haven't been accepted....
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We had a visiting scientist do this with my entire junior high. It was incredible! However, one of my 8th graders forwarded the idea with onions for the...
This floated across my desk this morning. I thought some of the photos might be of interest, not to mention a wealth of other information. I learned about...
Anyone know of where I can find a good lab to have my 8th graders do pertaining to series and parallel circuits? I would like them to construct the circuits....
I am also a "Star" :) YYYY ???????????? On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:19:20 -0000, "chemteacher55" wrote: I am an active Star Discovery Educator. As a matter of fact,...
Here's somewhat of an explanation that I found: Why does this work? As you should know by now, DNA is found in every living cell, in fact there is about 6...
Hi folks. I know a lot of teachers here have become fans of Power Teaching. With the support of Chris Biffle I have started a blog based on general principals...
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